Re: [Chicken-users] upgrading to 4.6.0 in Arch

[Felix]

From: Stephen Eilert <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] upgrading to 4.6.0 in Arch
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:48:22 -0300

> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Felix
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Hugo Arregui <address@hidden>
>> Subject: [Chicken-users] upgrading to 4.6.0 in Arch
>> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:14:10 -0300
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I have a few doubts after the upgrade:
>>>
>>> - Which is the right procedure to upgrade eggs?
>>
>> There is no standard procedure for this. Just upgrade eggs as you need
>> them, keep the old ones in case they are working or simply uninstall
>> and reinstall everything you need.  Automatic upgrading has turned out
>> to be too fragile and complex and fresh installation usually works
>> smoothly enough.
>>
> 
> On that note, perhaps something to show 'outdated' eggs could be helpful.

Yes, that should be possible. I added a parameter to henrietta recently
that lists the available versions for an egg, but it still has to be
upgraded on the egg servers. I'll keep this in mind.


cheers,
felix